Water-elevator



UNITED STATES PATENT FETCE.

M. A. SHEPARD, OF BRIDGEPORT, ILLINOIS.

WATER-ELEVATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 32,655, dated June 25, 1861.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, M. A. SHEPARD, of Bridgeport, in the county ofLawrence and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Devicefor Elevating lVater and otherI Substances; and I do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theV same,reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a side sectional view of myinvention taken in the line a', a', Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a tranversesection of the same, taken in the line y, y, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectionof the same, taken in the line .2', e, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

The object of this invention is to obtain a simple device for elevatingwater and other substances, either by the oscillating of the devicealone on suitable journals or by the rocking of the support to which thedevice is attached.

The invention is applicable to vessels of navigation, serving, while thevessel is in motion, as a self-acting means for elevating water from thehold.

The invention consists in the employment or use of a rectangular casedivided by a vertical central partition into two compartments, and eachcompartment provided withpartitions having oblique or inclinedpositions, the partitions of one compartn'ient having a reverse positionto that of the other, and the compartments communicating with eachother; all being arranged as hereinafter shown to effect the desiredresult.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a vessel which is provided at each side with an upright B,between which a rectangular box C, is placed or suspended on pivots (l,c, and allowed to work or oscillate thereon freely. The box C, isdivided by a vertical central partition b, into two compartments fr, d,and said compartments are subdivided `respectively into a seriesofcompartments c, c, by inclined partitions j', j, the partitions of onecompartment having a reverse position to that of the other. Thecompartments c, c, communicate with each other at their ends as shown atg, g, and the upper compartment e, is furnished with a discharge spoutL, while the lowest compartment e", is provided with an inductionopening l'.

From the above description it will be seen that if the vessel A, containwaterand the lower part of the box C, be immersed therein, and said boxbe oscillated or Vibrated on its pivots a, a, the water will, by the'oscillation of box C, pass upward consecutively through the compartmentse, c, the `water at each tilting of t-he box passing through theapertures y, or g, whichever are depressed, and consequently passingfrom one series of compartments to the other, the water being elevatedthe distance of one compartment at each tilting or vibration of the boxC, and discharged from spout l1, each time said spout is depressed bythe tilting of the box. By this arrangement it will be seen that when avessel is in motion at sea and rocked by the wavesthe box C, will beoscillated and tilted by the motion thereof, the box being clutched sothat it cannot turn on its pivots, and water in the' hold will beelevated and discharged from the vessel without any labor. Then thevessel is at rest or has no rocking motion, the box C, may be oscillatedby any convenient power for the purpose of elevating the water.

This invention will answer a good purpose for elevating all fluids, aswell as grain and other substances. It may be operated with but a smallexpenditure of power, the box C, being balanced on its pivots.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

An oscillating or swinging box C, divided into two compartments c, c, bya central partition and said compartments subdivided into compartmentse, e, by partitions f, f; the compartments e, e, communicating with eachother by openings g, g', and all arranged to operate substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

M. A. SHEIARD.

Vitnesses CHARLES CUQUA, R. H. HUDSON.

